Cigarette holder with filter



J. FRANCKEN CIGARETTE HOLDER WITH FILTER March 23, 1954 2 sheets-sheet 1Filed April 19, 1950 mWwBormwv ATTORNEYS INVENTOR JOCK FRANCKEN BY(Tilda (H Emil? 201m \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Iii\\ 2 Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR JOCK FR ANGKEN ATTO R N EYS March 1954 J. FRANCKEN CIGARETTEHOLDER WITH FILTER Filed April 19, 1950 Patented Mar. 23 1954 v gamma;*emsmm noLnEiwrrHriLTER "j v apart-criminal 1959,.Serial'nt.".i1"56,.7a3...-" 4 Gla ims. (ols rsl ivsi'inventionrelatesto*cigaretteholdersand I Figf-o isa;plan;=view,offFigFii has for its=-object'*-the'-"provision of arr;improved jFig'if 7 is aview at"1 1-ofthe-cigarette holder cigaretteholder"comprising-liquid?meansior lilbody-shownimFigyfi, Q V v "teringthe smokefi Mor'expartic'ularlyjthinven Fig; 8 is a-sectionali-iliewatt- -B o fffij'g. andnon-provide cigarette holder having ameservoiiFig: 9 is -a vertical transverse s'ection -of-the 'for a liquidfiltering-medium passage mea-ns for cigarette holder-shown in'Fig. 1. Vp the" fiow of---smoke ;f rom the -cigarette"throughThecigarette'holderillustratediinthedrayvings the reservoir to the'smoker; --andvalve mearls to comprises a" holder body-"typreferably intheffform "'open the passagemeans-for-the flow of smokeand of a unitarystructure formed of metal orany mousse-the passage means to preventspilla'ge of 10 suitable=plastic:-materialfhavmeti'atjone end a liq'uidwhentheiholder isbeing-carried and not in mouthpiece, 2, at theoppositeend-an openi-n 12,1? 'use. r v i r receiver "3 for 'cigarett'efaduct or, passage; "4 Infa prefefled embodiment o'f the invention, fortheismoke; anda'depending-reservoir 5 "for thetholdei eomprises asl-ide' i-means i'or e5 eo'tin'g receivinga body of filtering-liquid;such aswater. the scigarettei ann a connectedr valve membei' '1 Theupper-portionoftheholderbodyhas-a recess 'whichbpensand closes the's'moke passage means '6, as-shown-i-nFigr 3, in s mmered t;he to there'servoirs The passage means comprises slide means or assembly a;einb'cxiil yiiog anflejenter :aninl'et passage leading to 'the'-reservoir and an valve combination whichisshown iniFig'fii Theoutlettipassageleadingfiirom tthe ireservoir and ejectorvalve-combination*comprises a bas meme ports, which the valve memhenopenssandrcloses. bar 8whichfits:directly-over the-openingfl iii the I pefer p s e eans comprising an top of the-reservoir. Thecylindrical-=bore*hole ejector-valve combination which is removably atmin the base member 8 has a valvneinberfii tached toth'e -holder tofacilitate cleaning and "slidably' mounted there-in? "The*--*lmnrled-orfilling with;1iquid.-;' 11110118. of dtsimore complete -roughened' thumbpiece-+2 is connected-by means embodiments, the holder comprises aholder .body of the integralaguide 'blockfl3tofthe valve mem- .havingarelatively wide fiathaseso thatpit imay 'berllias'by wel -e fith gflgifl i belset'on anysfiat surraeewitnduen ping.relaslida'ble"in'-*therslot lliinfbaseanember ffl. The .tivelylfdeeppaftin"tlie"reservliirig for tlfi uid, valve member=-l I *canbe-slidfback-andfiortlrfin and aiducmeauihg froniltheiinletspassage mmthe bore [0 by means of thethiintbpimsfl .fiThe .dep partso that thesmokemuStt-pass t valve member, has a passageway. ]6 infthe' endrelativelyfieepbody' of liquidibeforeei passes position 31-anon-anotherpassageway-jfl in the to "the smoker. 4 W endportion--32fithe-twopassagewaysgbeing-ine The invention preferably provides a holder bodyterruptedby an.iintermediategportion ioi; solid in therform of aunitarystrncture comprisingzthe material-l 8i' iInotherwordsspfirt' ltisnotfbored .reseryoirgra:mouthpieoeznrzbitsand a receiuerdfor 35 out asare the passages '16 and'll."'It is solid and the cigarette. A recess ispreferably formed in slidable in bore It. One end of the valve memberthe upper part of the holder body-in which the carries a laterallydisposed and perforated disk slide means including the ejector and valvemem- H] which is proportioned be inserted o the her are mounted. Acollar may be removably receiver 3. It will be noted that the recess 6attached to the end of the holder body to hold 40 extends through theexteriorly threaded receiver Cit the slide means and its connectedejector and 3 and that the slide assembly 1 comprising base valve memberin position, and also to receive the member 8, valve member I I, thumbpiec l2, and cigarette. the guide block I3, may be inserted into therecess These and other objects of the invention will from the left, asviewed in Fig. 3. Moreover, the

be better understood after considering the folparallel upper side edges22 serve to secure the lowing discussion taken in conjunction with thebase member in proper alignment. The inneraccompanying drawings, inwhich: most projecting end portion 23 of the base mem- Fig. 1 is a sideview of a cigarette holder of her fits under the shoulder 24 in theholder body the invention; and the inner end of the slide means isthereby Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1; secured in position. Theshoulder 33 on member Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the body of the 8makes seating contact with the recess 34 on cigarette holder shown inFig. 1; body I, when the ejector is retracted as shown Fig. 4 is asectional view at 4-4 of Fig. 3; in Fig. 9. The slide means I is held inits as- Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of the sembled positionby the collar 2] which fits over slide means of the ejector and valvemember; the end of member 8 when it is' screwed over the 3 receiver end3. The base member 8 has a depending inlet duct 25 and an outlet port 26both of which lie within the confines of the opening 9. The edge 36 inthe recess 6 is shown in Fig. 3 as line 36.

As best shown in Fig. 5, the reservoir has a relatively deep portion 28into which the duct 25 is inserted. The duct 25 makes coincidentengagement with the port 29 of passageway I6, and port 26 makescoincident engagement with port 30 of passageway I! when the slide meansI is set in the position for smoking shown in Fig. 5. As best shown inFigs. 2 and 4, the reservoir portion of the holder body has a relativelywide base 3| by means of which the cigarette holder is maintained in anupright position when placed upon any fiat surface.

In using the cigarette holder of the invention, the thumb piece [2 isshifted towards the right, as shown in Fig. 1, in which case the ejectorplate l9 occupies the position shown in full lines in Fig. 5, and acigarette may accordingly be inserted into the receiver 3. In thisposition, port 29 of the passageway I6 efiects coincident engagementwith the opening of duct 25 and. the port 30 of passageway I! makescoincident engagement with port 26 of the base member, therebyestablishing a continuous passageway for the flow of smoke during thesmoking process from the cigarette through the filtering liquid in thereservoir 5 and to the smoker. When the cigarette has been finished, thethumb piece [2 is shifted in the opposite direction (towards the left asshown in Fig. 1) which movement shifts the valve member and the ejectorto the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 5, whereby the cigaretteis ejected from the holder and the ports 26 and 29 are closed by thevalve member. The cigarette holder may accordingly be placed in onespocket or pocketbook and carried without the liquid being spilled out ofthe reservoir.

A convenient way to fill the reservoir with the filtering liquid is toremove the collar 2|, lift the ejector-valve combination out of therecess 6 and pour the liquid into the reservoir 5 through the opening 9.When the cigarette holder is thus disassembled, the interior is readilyaccessible for cleaning.

I claim:

1. A cigarette holder comprising a unitary holder body having areservoir for a filtering liquid and inlet and outlet passages for theflow of smoke from th cigarette through the reservoir and to the smoker,an ejector for a cigarette slidably mounted in the body, a valve meansfor opening and closing the passages slidably mounted in the body, andhand means on the exterior of the body for operating both the ejectorand valve means simultaneously, whereby liquid is confined in thereservoir when the valve means are closed.

2. A cigarette holder comprising a holder body having a reservoir for afiltering liquid, inlet and outlet passages for the flow of smokethrough the reservoir, a duct leading from the inlet passage to thelower part of the reservoir, said body having a recess disposed abovethe reservoir, a slide means mounted in the recess having an ejector fora cigarette and a valve member for closing the passages when thecigarette is ejected and opening the passages when the cigarette isinserted in said holder body.

3. A cigarette holder according to claim 2, and a collar removablyattached to one end of the holder body for receiving a cigarett and alsofor securing the slide means in position.

4. A cigarette holder comprising a reservoir for a liquid filter, meansin the holder for receiving a cigarette to be smoked, passage means inthe holder for the flow of smoke from a cigarette'through the liquid inthe reservoir to the smoker, a valve member slidably mounted in a spaceabove the reservoir for opening the passage means for the flow of smokeand closing the passage means to confine the liquid in the reservoir,ejector means for ejecting the cigarette from the cigarette receivingmeans, said ejector means being operatively connected to the valvemember, and a thumb piece slidably mounted on the outside of the holderand connected to the valve member, whereby both the valve member and'theejector can be operated simultaneously as a unitary slide member bymeans of the thumb piece.

JOCK FRANCKEN.

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